By Pierre LaBossiere
Peninsula Daily News
YAKIMA — The Port Angeles Lefties got a solid pitching performance from a trio of pitchers, but they couldn’t muster much offense and errors cost them in a 7-1 loss against the Yakima Valley Pippins.
The Yakima Valley duo of Joe Magrisi and AJ Wood allowed just six hits in Saturday night’s game. Magrisi, who has a season ERA of 0.63, allowed four hits, no walks and no runs while striking out 11 in seven innings. Wood gave up one run in two innings of work.
Tyler Tan took the loss for the Lefties. He went five innings and gave up seven hits and just two earned runs. But he was hurt by five unearned runs as the Lefties committed four errors. He walked one and struck out three. Zach Tresemer went two innings, giving up no hits and one walk and Jack Schlotman pitched a perfect eighth inning, allowing no baserunners while striking out one.
At the plate, the Lefties’ Gavin Rork went 2 for 4 and score the team’s lone run. Evan Hurn had an RBI double and Matt Christian hit a triple. Baxter Halligan and CJ Schauwecker also had base hits.
The Lefties (12-18 overall, 2-2 second half) played a doubleheader Sunday against Yakima Valley after press deadline, then have today off for a travel day. They return to action at home at Civic Field against the Cowlitz Black Bears (14-17, 4-0).
Yakima Valley 7, Port Angeles 1
Lefties 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 6 4
Pippins 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 x — 7 7 1
WP: Magrisi LP: Tan
Pitching
Lefties — Tan 5IP, 7H, 2ER, BB, 3K; Tresemer 2IP, 0H, 0ER, BB; Schlotman 1IP, 0H, K.
Pippins — Magrisi 7IP, 4H, 0ER, 11K; Wood 2IP, 2H, ER, K.
Hitting
Lefties — Rork 2-4, R, SB; Hurn 1-2, 2B, RBI; Christian 1-4, 3B; Halligan 1-4; Schauwecker 1-4.
Pippins — Welch 2-3, 2R; Israel 2-4, 2R, 2RBI; Hormel 1-3, R, BB; Andrews 0-3, R, RBI.
